Zelcastalumni map

People who leave Contrary most often go to a long tail of companies. 21% found something next. 21% go small

These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Contrary's headcount: 20 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 496 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.

People on the map
200.1% of everyone on the map
There now
315% of the people here
Moved on
1785% of the people here
Median tenure
only 14 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from

Put Contrary side by side with another company, every number against every number.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.

Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Contrary yet.

After Contrary

  • 21%Founded something3
  • 21%Joined a startup3
  • 57%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

How long people stay

0%<1y
29%1-2y
50%2-4y
14%4-7y
7%7y+
median tenure

14 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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joined left2026 is a partial year

2012 to 2026: 20 joined, 17 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).

Titles held here

  1. Venture Partner12

1 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 20% of people here.

Where they studied

Not enough education on the record here.All 20 people here have a school on file, but no single school is listed by as many as 3 of them, and 3 is the fewest this map will count.

Public work

Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer than that here.

Where they are now

60% of the people who have worked at Contrary and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.

Contrary
Everyone on the map
  • 60%New York12 · map 33%
  • 35%SF Bay Area7 · map 47%

All 20 people who worked at Contrary list a location, and every share here is over them.

Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Contrary: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.

Key facts

  • 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Contrary: 3 are there now and 17 have moved on.
  • Of those who moved on from Contrary, 21% went on to a founder title, 21% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
  • The most common title held at Contrary is Venture Partner.
  • 60% of the 20 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.

About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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